Summary: In Hans Rosling's hands, global trends in health and economics come to vivid life and the big picture of global development snaps into sharp focus. In this TEDTalk, Rosling debunks myths about the so-called developing world with credible statistics illustrated by visualization software he developed. The software's animations transform facts and figures into moving bubbles and flowing curves...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: For a few weeks every year starlings migrate, creating shifting, synchronized formations of nearly a million birds that flow across the sky like a well-choreographed dance. How does each bird anticipate where its neighbor will fly? Studying data from Google allows analysts to predict flu outbreaks-so why can't weather be forecast more than a few days in advance? And if winning a game of Rock,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Emma's band wants to post a music video on YouTube, but they aren't sure which of their songs should be featured. Emma's best friend helps them choose by using Facebook contacts to conduct a survey, exploring the concepts of qualitative and quantitative data along the way. Viewers learn how to sample, present, and analyze data, generate histograms, frequency tables, stem and leaf plots,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: In this TEDTalk, Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics - and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials. Donnelly is an expert in probability theory who applies statistical methods to genetic data. He's also an expert on DNA analysis, and an advocate for sensible statistical analysis in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What is the binomial probability that Mickey, a lounge lizard, will get a phone number? After presenting the five characteristics of binomial probability distribution and explaining the binomial probability formula-including a review of factorials-this program examines the mean, deviation, variation, and standard deviation of a binomial probability distribution.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008